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4:5.1 [[Religious]] [[tradition]] is the imperfectly preserved [[record]] of the [[experiences]] of the [[God]]-knowing men of [[History|past ages]], but such records are untrustworthy as [[guides]] for religious living or as the [[source]] of true [[information]] about the [[Universal Father]]. Such ancient [[beliefs]] have been invariably altered by the [[fact]] that primitive man was a [[myth]]maker. | 4:5.1 [[Religious]] [[tradition]] is the imperfectly preserved [[record]] of the [[experiences]] of the [[God]]-knowing men of [[History|past ages]], but such records are untrustworthy as [[guides]] for religious living or as the [[source]] of true [[information]] about the [[Universal Father]]. Such ancient [[beliefs]] have been invariably altered by the [[fact]] that primitive man was a [[myth]]maker. | ||
| − | 4:5.2 One of the greatest sources of [[confusion]] on [[Urantia]] concerning the [[nature]] of [[God]] grows out of the [[failure]] of your [http://institute.daynal.org/books/extended_reference/humanities/religion/sacred/sacred_texts.html sacred books] clearly to distinguish between the [[personalities]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and between [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] and the [[local universe]] [[Creator Sons|creators]] and [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|administrators]]. During the [ | + | 4:5.2 One of the greatest sources of [[confusion]] on [[Urantia]] concerning the [[nature]] of [[God]] grows out of the [[failure]] of your [http://institute.daynal.org/books/extended_reference/humanities/religion/sacred/sacred_texts.html sacred books] clearly to distinguish between the [[personalities]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and between [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] and the [[local universe]] [[Creator Sons|creators]] and [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|administrators]]. During the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION past dispensations of partial understanding], your [[priests]] and [[prophets]] failed clearly to differentiate between [[Planetary Princes]], [[System Sovereigns]], [[Constellation Fathers]], [[Creator Sons]], [[Ancients of Days|Superuniverse Rulers]], the [[Supreme Being]], and the [[Universal Father]]. Many of the messages of subordinate personalities, such as [[Life Carriers]] and [[Paper 114 - The Seraphic Planetary Government|various orders of angels]], have been, in your [[records]], presented as coming from [[God]] himself. [[Urantia]]n [[religious]] [[thought]] still confuses the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associativity associate] [[personalities]] of [[Deity]] with the [[Universal Father]] himself, so that all are included under one appellation. |
4:5.3 The people of [[Urantia]] continue to suffer from the [[influence]] of [[primitive]] [[concepts]] of God. The gods who go on a rampage in the storm; who shake the [[earth]] in their wrath and strike down men in their [[anger]]; who inflict their [[judgments]] of displeasure in times of [[Catastrophism|famine and flood]]—these are the gods of primitive religion; they are not the Gods who live and [[Administration|rule]] the [[Grand Universe|universes]]. Such concepts are a [[relic]] of the times when men supposed that the [[universe]] was under the [[guidance]] and [[Power|domination]] of the whims of such [[imaginary]] gods. But mortal man is beginning to [[realize]] that he lives in a realm of [[Relative|comparative]] [[law]] and [[Cosmos|order]] as far as concerns the [[administrative]] [[policies]] and conduct of the [[Supreme Creators]] and the Supreme Controllers. | 4:5.3 The people of [[Urantia]] continue to suffer from the [[influence]] of [[primitive]] [[concepts]] of God. The gods who go on a rampage in the storm; who shake the [[earth]] in their wrath and strike down men in their [[anger]]; who inflict their [[judgments]] of displeasure in times of [[Catastrophism|famine and flood]]—these are the gods of primitive religion; they are not the Gods who live and [[Administration|rule]] the [[Grand Universe|universes]]. Such concepts are a [[relic]] of the times when men supposed that the [[universe]] was under the [[guidance]] and [[Power|domination]] of the whims of such [[imaginary]] gods. But mortal man is beginning to [[realize]] that he lives in a realm of [[Relative|comparative]] [[law]] and [[Cosmos|order]] as far as concerns the [[administrative]] [[policies]] and conduct of the [[Supreme Creators]] and the Supreme Controllers. | ||
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4:5.4 The barbarous [[idea]] of appeasing an [[angry]] [[God]], of propitiating an offended Lord, of winning the favor of [[Deity]] through [[sacrifices]] and penance and even by the shedding of blood, represents a [[religion]] wholly puerile and [[primitive]], a [[philosophy]] unworthy of an [[The Enlightenment|enlightened age]] of [[science]] and [[truth]]. Such [[beliefs]] are utterly repulsive to the [[celestial]] beings and the [[Supreme Creators|divine rulers]] who [[serve]] and reign in [[Grand Universe|the universes]]. It is an affront to God to believe, hold, or teach that [[Atonement|innocent blood must be shed]] in order to win his favor or to divert the [[Fiction|fictitious]] [[divine]] [[wrath]]. | 4:5.4 The barbarous [[idea]] of appeasing an [[angry]] [[God]], of propitiating an offended Lord, of winning the favor of [[Deity]] through [[sacrifices]] and penance and even by the shedding of blood, represents a [[religion]] wholly puerile and [[primitive]], a [[philosophy]] unworthy of an [[The Enlightenment|enlightened age]] of [[science]] and [[truth]]. Such [[beliefs]] are utterly repulsive to the [[celestial]] beings and the [[Supreme Creators|divine rulers]] who [[serve]] and reign in [[Grand Universe|the universes]]. It is an affront to God to believe, hold, or teach that [[Atonement|innocent blood must be shed]] in order to win his favor or to divert the [[Fiction|fictitious]] [[divine]] [[wrath]]. | ||
| − | 4:5.5 The [[Hebrews]] believed that "without the shedding of blood there could be no remission of [[sin]]."[ | + | 4:5.5 The [[Hebrews]] believed that "without the shedding of blood there could be no remission of [[sin]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IX] They had not found [[Liberation|deliverance]] from the old and [[pagan]] [[idea]] that the Gods could not be appeased except by the sight of blood, though [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] did make a distinct advance when he forbade [[human]] [[sacrifices]] and substituted therefor, in the primitive minds of his childlike [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin Bedouin] followers, the [[ceremonial]] [[sacrifice]] of [[animals]]. |
| − | 4:5.6 The [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal of a Paradise Son]] on your world was inherent in the situation of [[New Age|closing a planetary age]]; it was inescapable, and it was not made [[necessary]] for the [[purpose]] of winning the favor of God. This bestowal also happened to be the final [[personal]] [[act]] of a [[Creator Son]] in the long [[adventure]] of [[Paper 119 - The Bestowals of Christ Michael|earning the experiential sovereignty]] of his [[Nebadon|universe]]. What a travesty upon the infinite [[character]] of [[God]]! this teaching that his [[fatherly]] [[heart]] in all its austere coldness and hardness was so untouched by the misfortunes and [[Grief|sorrows]] of his [[creatures]] that his tender [[mercies]] were not forthcoming until he saw his [ | + | 4:5.6 The [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal of a Paradise Son]] on your world was inherent in the situation of [[New Age|closing a planetary age]]; it was inescapable, and it was not made [[necessary]] for the [[purpose]] of winning the favor of God. This bestowal also happened to be the final [[personal]] [[act]] of a [[Creator Son]] in the long [[adventure]] of [[Paper 119 - The Bestowals of Christ Michael|earning the experiential sovereignty]] of his [[Nebadon|universe]]. What a travesty upon the infinite [[character]] of [[God]]! this teaching that his [[fatherly]] [[heart]] in all its austere coldness and hardness was so untouched by the misfortunes and [[Grief|sorrows]] of his [[creatures]] that his tender [[mercies]] were not forthcoming until he saw his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD blameless Son] bleeding and dying upon the [[Crucifixion|cross of Calvary]]! |
| − | 4:5.7 But the inhabitants of [[Urantia]] are to find [[Liberty|deliverance]] from these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_history ancient] [[errors]] and [[pagan]] [[Superstition.|superstitions]] respecting the [[nature]] of the [[Universal Father]]. The [[revelation]] of the [[truth]] about God is appearing, and the [[human]] [[race]] is [[Destiny|destined]] to know the Universal Father in all that [[beauty]] of [[character]] and loveliness of [[attributes]] so magnificently portrayed by the [[Creator Son]] who sojourned on [[Urantia]] as the [ | + | 4:5.7 But the inhabitants of [[Urantia]] are to find [[Liberty|deliverance]] from these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_history ancient] [[errors]] and [[pagan]] [[Superstition.|superstitions]] respecting the [[nature]] of the [[Universal Father]]. The [[revelation]] of the [[truth]] about God is appearing, and the [[human]] [[race]] is [[Destiny|destined]] to know the Universal Father in all that [[beauty]] of [[character]] and loveliness of [[attributes]] so magnificently portrayed by the [[Creator Son]] who sojourned on [[Urantia]] as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man and the Son of God]. |
4:5.8 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] of [[Uversa]].] | 4:5.8 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] of [[Uversa]].] | ||
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Revision as of 21:57, 12 December 2020
4:5.1 Religious tradition is the imperfectly preserved record of the experiences of the God-knowing men of past ages, but such records are untrustworthy as guides for religious living or as the source of true information about the Universal Father. Such ancient beliefs have been invariably altered by the fact that primitive man was a mythmaker.
4:5.2 One of the greatest sources of confusion on Urantia concerning the nature of God grows out of the failure of your sacred books clearly to distinguish between the personalities of the Paradise Trinity and between Paradise Deity and the local universe creators and administrators. During the past dispensations of partial understanding, your priests and prophets failed clearly to differentiate between Planetary Princes, System Sovereigns, Constellation Fathers, Creator Sons, Superuniverse Rulers, the Supreme Being, and the Universal Father. Many of the messages of subordinate personalities, such as Life Carriers and various orders of angels, have been, in your records, presented as coming from God himself. Urantian religious thought still confuses the associate personalities of Deity with the Universal Father himself, so that all are included under one appellation.
4:5.3 The people of Urantia continue to suffer from the influence of primitive concepts of God. The gods who go on a rampage in the storm; who shake the earth in their wrath and strike down men in their anger; who inflict their judgments of displeasure in times of famine and flood—these are the gods of primitive religion; they are not the Gods who live and rule the universes. Such concepts are a relic of the times when men supposed that the universe was under the guidance and domination of the whims of such imaginary gods. But mortal man is beginning to realize that he lives in a realm of comparative law and order as far as concerns the administrative policies and conduct of the Supreme Creators and the Supreme Controllers.
4:5.4 The barbarous idea of appeasing an angry God, of propitiating an offended Lord, of winning the favor of Deity through sacrifices and penance and even by the shedding of blood, represents a religion wholly puerile and primitive, a philosophy unworthy of an enlightened age of science and truth. Such beliefs are utterly repulsive to the celestial beings and the divine rulers who serve and reign in the universes. It is an affront to God to believe, hold, or teach that innocent blood must be shed in order to win his favor or to divert the fictitious divine wrath.
4:5.5 The Hebrews believed that "without the shedding of blood there could be no remission of sin."[1] They had not found deliverance from the old and pagan idea that the Gods could not be appeased except by the sight of blood, though Moses did make a distinct advance when he forbade human sacrifices and substituted therefor, in the primitive minds of his childlike Bedouin followers, the ceremonial sacrifice of animals.
4:5.6 The bestowal of a Paradise Son on your world was inherent in the situation of closing a planetary age; it was inescapable, and it was not made necessary for the purpose of winning the favor of God. This bestowal also happened to be the final personal act of a Creator Son in the long adventure of earning the experiential sovereignty of his universe. What a travesty upon the infinite character of God! this teaching that his fatherly heart in all its austere coldness and hardness was so untouched by the misfortunes and sorrows of his creatures that his tender mercies were not forthcoming until he saw his blameless Son bleeding and dying upon the cross of Calvary!
4:5.7 But the inhabitants of Urantia are to find deliverance from these ancient errors and pagan superstitions respecting the nature of the Universal Father. The revelation of the truth about God is appearing, and the human race is destined to know the Universal Father in all that beauty of character and loveliness of attributes so magnificently portrayed by the Creator Son who sojourned on Urantia as the Son of Man and the Son of God.
4:5.8 [Presented by a Divine Counselor of Uversa.]
